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Date:      Sun, 15 Jun 1997 18:09:59 +0300 (IDT)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ricardo_N=FA=F1ez?= <rinunez@telcel.net.ve>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Kernel Sources
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970615180901.4789A@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <19970615145812.AAB2028@telcel.telcel.net.ve>

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On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ricardo_N=FA=F1ez?= wrote:

> Dear Gentlemen,
> 
> Iīve just installed FreeBSD 2.2.1 over an IDE disk. I told it to install
> the binaries only. 
> 
> I noticed that to modify my kernel to accept ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVES, I have to
> have kernel sources. 
> 
> OK, I run /stand/sysinstall to "post-install" all kernel (with sources). It
> ckecks not only "all kernel" option, but "user" option. No way to check the
> "kernel" option only. When I commit to go on, it tells me it canīt find in
> my DOS partition "bin, doc, manpages, proflibs, dict, or info". Well, I
> HAVE that files there. No idea whatīs happening.
> 
> Is there any way to install from my dos partition kernel sources WITHOUT
> sysinstall?

Yeah. Copy over the src directory, and in that directory you'll find a 
script called install.sh.
All there is to it is to give (as root) the command:
sh install.sh sys

You must, of course, have all the ssys.* files present too.

> 
> Thank you very much,
> 
> Ricardo Nunez
> 
> 
Nadav



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